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Megapixels. How did such a simple concept become so wrapped up in hyperbole, controversy and confusion? Compact camera manufacturers act like everyone needs more of them. Photography pundits generally wish there were less. Smartphone manufacturers are completely unable to agree where they stand on the issue. The current generation of premium smartphones includes a 4MP model from HTC, 8MP from both Apple and Google, 13MP from Samsung and LG, 20.7MP Sony and 41MP from Nokia. Surely they can't all be right?
So how many megapixels do you really need? It's a simple question without a simple answer, but let's start by breaking it down into two parts. If we take the assumption that more detail is generally welcome, at what point is there no practical benefit to the user? Then there's the issue of technical limitations. How many megapixels can a smartphone deliver before the drawbacks outweigh the benefits?
Before we tackle these questions, let's make sure we're talking about the same thing. A megapixel rating tells you how many pixels there are in a photo. If it measures 4,000 by 3,000 pixels, multiply the two numbers to get 12 million, so it's a 12-megapixel photo.
It's worth noting that a 24MP photo isn't twice as wide as a 12MP photo. It'll have twice as many pixels, but that means it'll only be 41% wider and 41% taller – in this case, that's 5,656 x 4,242. Similarly, if you halve the width of a 12MP photo, to 2,000 x 1,500, the megapixel rating drops to a quarter, or 3MP. As such, the differences between a 4MP, 8MP, 13MP and 41MP photo perhaps aren't as big as the numbers might suggest.
These days, most photos are shared on social media services and viewed on computers, TVs, tablets and phones. The resolution of these screens varies from around 1MP for a typical smartphone to just over 3MP for the Retina Display on an iPad. A large number of TVs are Full HD (also known as 1080p), which works out at 2MP. A lot of computer monitors and an increasing number of phones and tablets use this resolution, too. The biggest screens around are 4K TVs, which equate to 8MP. They're ridiculously expensive at the moment, but they're bound to become more affordable and commonplace over the next decade.
On this basis, the most megapixels you're likely to need to show your photos at their best on today's electronic displays is 3MP. If you want them to look great for decades to come, you might want to shoot them at 8MP.
If you print photos out, the demands are similar: 300 pixels per inch (ppi) is widely accepted to be as sharp as the eye can see for photo prints. A 5×7-inch photo at 300 ppi weighs in at 3MP, while for an A4 print it jumps to 9MP. Even an A2 poster print at 300 ppi is only 35MP – still less than the 38MP photos from the Lumia 1020.
The graphic below shows how these sizes stack up – red for displays, blue for print sizes and green for the photo resolutions of the four smartphones that we're concentrating on in this feature. The figures are included below for reference, too. A 4MP image can contain enough detail to fill an iPad screen or produce sharp 5×7-inch prints. It's only when you get to A4 enlargements or 4K TVs that higher resolutions become necessary. Even then, 8MP is perfectly sufficient.
Nothing is ever that straightforward, though. For one thing, hardly any smartphone cameras include an optical zoom. Digital zoom has its place, but the best it can ever do is guess what the extra detail should look like. However, if the photo resolution is much higher than you need it to be, you can crop the photo and still have enough megapixels for a detailed image.
This can be done manually in editing software, and it's also how the zoom function on the Nokia Lumia 1020 works. It can shoot 38MP photos, but switch to 5MP and you can zoom by up to 2.7x – there's still a pixel on the sensor for every pixel in the photo, so no digital interpolation (read guesswork) is necessary.
It's worth noting that applying a 2x digital zoom means you're only using a quarter of the surface area in the center of the sensor – half of its width and half the height. So for an 8MP camera, applying a 2x digital zoom means you're effectively capturing a 2MP photo. In most cases, this will be raised back up to 8MP using interpolation.
We recently looked further into the Lumia 1020's zoom image quality in our 11-page review of the device; see the section on image quality and performance to learn more.
Another reason for choosing a resolution beyond 3MP is that digital cameras rarely capture the sharpest possible details per pixel. On a smartphone camera's sensor, each pixel measures either red, green or blue light. These colors are arranged in a mosaic layout, typically with two green, one red and one blue in a two-by-two grid (read more about this here). The camera's software must then calculate a full-color value for each pixel, but ultimately there's always a bit of guesswork involved. If you wanted a genuine full-color measurement for each pixel in your final image, you'd need to drop the resolution to a quarter of the original.
Detail can also be lost due to anti-alias filtering. This is to avoid artifacts such as moiré and false color, where the details in the scene cause interference with the regular grid of pixels on the sensor (more information here). In a digital camera, anti-alias filtering essentially involves gently blurring the image to hide these artifacts, and then sharpening it up again digitally.
In practice, all this digital processing for creating full-color, artifact-free photos is pretty sophisticated, and the best cameras are perfectly capable of capturing sharp details. However, reducing the resolution using a high-quality resizing algorithm does tend to give crisper details per pixel. As such, shooting at 8MP and dropping the resolution to 4MP will often give crisper fine details than shooting with a 4MP camera.
We're now ready to answer the question of how many megapixels are useful in practice. For most sharing destinations, 3MP is fine, while 8MP is enough for A4 prints and 4K TVs. However, to achieve the crispest possible details, you might want to scale these figures up a bit. If you want to crop the photos – especially if your camera lacks an optical zoom – there's no upper limit to the number of megapixels that might be useful.
It's all very well wanting something, but that doesn't mean you can have it. There's a reason why 1,000-megapixel cameras don't exist, and it's not because no one wants them (in fact, gigapixel photos are popular – they're made by stitching hundreds of photos together).
There are three technical limitations to raising the megapixel rating of a camera in an effort to boost quality. One is simply that a higher resolution takes longer to process and consumes more storage space. Cameras' and smartphones' processors are getting more powerful and memory cards are getting bigger and cheaper, but there still needs to be a balance between resolution and the practicalities of saving the images.
Another limitation is the sharpness of the lens. There's little point in capturing more pixels if all they're recording is a blurry image. At the current resolutions offered by smartphones, we're already seeing lenses that struggle to maintain sharp focus throughout the frame. Details are usually pretty sharp in the center but they tend to fall off slightly towards the edges. That's not necessarily a disaster, as the main subject is usually somewhere near the center. However, it stands to reason that there would come a point where increasing the resolution would only capture the defects of the lens in increasing detail.
Then there's the thorny issue of sensor noise. This is caused by inaccuracies in the measurements for each pixel, and it takes the form of a speckled graininess across the image. Digital cameras try to mask it with noise-reduction processing, but it's hard for a camera to distinguish between unwanted noise and fine details in the scene. As a result, noise reduction also removes some of the fine detail from a photo. In dimly lit scenes, the camera must boost the exposure, and this boosts noise levels too. That's why low-light photos often look grainy or exhibit smudged, syrupy details – the telltale signs of aggressive noise reduction.
It's especially true of smartphones and budget compact cameras because their sensors are physically very small. A small sensor has a small lens sat in front of it, which captures less light than a bigger sensor and lens. Without getting bogged down in the physics, it's clear that an SLR's lens gathers much more light than a smartphone's tiny lens. If both cameras have the same resolution, each pixel on the smartphone's sensor has a tiny amount of light to measure. It's harder to measure something accurately when it's very small, so inaccuracies – and noise levels – are higher.
If you doubled the number of megapixels on a camera's sensor, you'd halve the amount of light that each pixel would have to measure, which means even more noise. In fact, it might well be more than double as you'd have to find room for all the extra ancillary components on the sensor too. So while increasing the resolution seems like it should boost the amount of detail captured, there's a chance that the resulting stronger noise reduction would actually decrease the detail levels.
However, it is possible to increase the resolution without boosting noise levels if you also increase the physical size of the sensor. This explains why SLRs are able to offer 24MP and higher resolutions but still deliver lower noise than compact cameras with their tiny sensors.
It also explains why the Nokia Lumia 1020 is able to capture 38MP photos that aren't completely awash with noise. Its high resolution is matched by a 1/1.5 inch sensor – that's twice the diagonal and four times the surface area of the 1/3 inch sensors that are commonly used in smartphones. It's a bit like taking four conventional 10MP smartphone sensors and arranging them in a two-by-two grid.
The HTC One takes the opposite approach with its 4MP sensor. It's a conventional 1/3 inch size, but because each pixel has more light to measure, its noise levels are significantly lower than from sensors with more densely packed pixels. Then again, merging multiple pixels averages out noise levels, so resizing a 12MP sensor's output down to 4MP also helps to reduce noise.
This is a can of worms that we'll quickly put the lid back on – debates about pixel density will surely go on forever. It's the overall physical size of the sensor and lens which play the biggest role in determining the amount of noise for a given print or screen size.
So how many megapixels do you need? Here's the shortest answer we can muster: for most purposes 3MP is plenty, but you might want to shoot at around 8MP for the crispest possible details. 8MP is a sensible minimum for big prints and 4K TVs, and even higher resolutions allow you to crop photos without sacrificing quality too much. However, make sure that very high resolutions are matched by an equivalent increase in sensor size.
Of course, image quality is also defined by the design of the sensor, the quality of the lens, the intelligence of the metering and automatic exposure system … the list goes on. It's a good job, because if you could tell a camera's quality just by its megapixel rating, we'd be out of a job.
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Indeed, all throughout Nov. 6, that cutesy, once-ubiquitous cartoon — a symbol of a young Twitter's infrastructure problems — was nary to be seen. The company saw record numbers of tweets flowing through the system, peaking at 327,452 tweets per minute as news orgs around the country called the race for President Obama. Despite the heavy load on the company's servers, Twitter's engineering team held fast.
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NC program optimization software initially helped Bell Helicopter's Drive Systems Center machine titanium faster by balancing cutting forces. The manufacturer now uses it to improve cycle times for aircraft parts made from other metals, too.
Bell Helicopter's Drive Systems Center (DSC) machines more steel than titanium for the aircraft transmission and gearbox assemblies it manufactures. However, a tricky titanium component prompted Bell's DSC to investigate whether NC program optimization technology would shorten cycle times and unlock capacity on existing equipment as it did for fellow Textron subsidiary, Cessna. Bell's goal was to reduce manufacturing time, thereby lowering overall costs to its customers.
DSC, located in Grand Prairie, Texas,knew about Cessna's successes optimizing a number of its part programs using machining process modeling software from Third Wave Systems. Chris Mueninghoff, NC programming supervisor at DSC, says a titanium forging for a commercial application proved to be the ideal test part for Third Wave Systems' AdvantEdge Production Module software. That's because the part is one of the most challenging ones Bell machines. Nearly 30 percent of the titanium forging has to be machined away to complete the part, representing more material removal than most other components at Bell. The carrier measures 16 inches in diameter and 6 inches tall.
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The Production Module software integrates CAD, CAM, machine dynamics and workpiece material properties as it analyzes machining operations on a given part. As Mr. Mueninghoff explains, the optimization process starts by importing a 3D model of the part and its corresponding machining program. The cutting tools used for each operation are defined by key characteristics such as rake angle, helix angle and tool material. Information about the machine tool and setup is entered, too, including machine horsepower and torque as well as fixture rigidity and cutting force limits. Finally, workpiece material is selected from the software's database.
The software uses this information to predict the cutting forces tools will experience along their entire tool path. These forces will fluctuate during a cutting operation primarily due to parameters such as feed rate, tool orientation and workpiece material. To optimize each operation, the software compares the calculated force at each line of the original G-code against upper and lower force limits. It then automatically increases or reduces the feed rate accordingly. For example, when force values are well below a defined upper limit, the feed rate is increased to a stable point below the maximum accepted force a tool can experience. This results in not only faster cutting, but also more balanced cutting tool forces. (The graph on the previous page shows typical results of this process balancing for a titanium part.) The software analyzes and generates the modified G-code with new feed rates in 10 to 15 minutes, depending on part complexity, Mr. Mueninghoff says.
Bell validates each modified part program by machining an actual part and sending it through all normal inspection procedures to verify that the modified program will not damage the workpiece, machine tool or cutters. The cycle time for the titanium test part was reduced by 30 percent after process optimization. Since that original test, Bell has used the NC optimization software on approximately 250 components, many made of hardened steel alloys. Most recently, Bell's NC program optimization efforts have come full-circle to titanium. It refined a program to machine a larger titanium carrier used on the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. These carriers were produced in a two-machine cell. Because Production Module software reduced cycle times for these parts by 25 to 30 percent, however, Bell was able to shift all production to a single machine.
Mr. Mueninghoff says the NC program optimization software has also lead to two other side benefits. One is better cutting tool life and wear resistance. The other is the generation of better overall parts. It's important to gearbox component designers that Bell limits the amount of fatigue and stress introduced into parts during machining. The optimization software allows Bell to show that it is able to reduce component cycle times without applying techniques that could potentially decrease the life of a key component. In fact, Mr. Mueninghoff notes that DSC is actually putting less stress into the part during machining, ultimately resulting in a higher-quality part.
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As part of the personal finance series, last week I wrote a post on estate planning. I couldn't do full justice to the topic in one post. This is a follow up post to cover some of the topics I couldn't address earlier.
Today, we will look at the different types of power of attorney we should have in place as part of estate planning.
Living Will
A "Living Will" has nothing to do with the traditional "Will". This is the first thing you need to know.
If you are on the deathbed, a Living Will would declare your desire to be or not to be on any life prolonging measures should there be no hope for recovery. With a Living Will, you choose someone you trust to make certain medical choices on your behalf.
After the Living Will is drafted, it should be given to the physician for review. He may recommend some changes to it or not agree with it due to religious reasons. In that case, you would need to be transferred to another physician.
The main thing to remember is that without a Living Will, there is no way for a physician to know your desires.
Healthcare Power of Attorney
While the Living Will is limited to deathbed medical decisions, a healthcare power of attorney is meant for all healthcare / medical decisions to be made on your behalf as long as you are unable to make them yourself.
A healthcare power of attorney could also include some provision for deathbed wishes.
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How much or how little you empower a person you trust to make your financial decisions is totally up to you.
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Talk:Orthodox Church
bride of Christ / body of Christ: I think they're epithets, not titles. I'll look into that and report back.
I think the usage for something like pope or ecumenical patriarch or bishop is like the terms mom and dad. If I'm referring to my mom, it's lowercase. If I'm using Mom as her name — e.g., "That's not what Mom would do!" — then it's uppercase. I wish I had my CMOS with me. Better yet, I wish they'd put the CMOS online. --Basil 23:07, 15 Jan 2005 (CST)
- After research, they are indeed epithets. See Dictionary.com for epithet. In addition to the example of "The Great Emancipator" as an epithet for President Lincoln, see also Chicago Manual of Style - Q & A - Capitalization, Titles. The CMOS also prefers not to capitalize nouns like pope unless being used as a title (i.e., with a name): Pope Benign XXI. That's earlier on that same page. --Basil 23:34, 15 Jan 2005 (CST)
Other names (Greek, Russian, etc)
- (especially in the contemporary West) as the Eastern Orthodox Church or the Greek Orthodox Church
In terms of giving examples of other (overly limited) names to the Orthodox Church, shouldn't Russian Orthodox Church be included here? --Dpr 23:38, 12 Oct 2005 (EDT)
While both Greek Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox are terms used to refer to the Orthodox Church as a whole, Russian Orthodox doesn't see that sort of usage. In a real sense, all Orthodox are both "Greek" and "Eastern," though one certainly wouldn't say that they're all "Russian." This is not an attribution that the contemporary West seems to make, either. ——Dcn. Andrew talk random contribs 07:00, 13 Oct 2005 (EDT)
Proposed Addition/Section on Beliefs and Practices
The following points were included on the Wikipedia article on Catholicism. Wondering if this should be added in some form to this article here? (with the addition also of the Nicean-Constinopolitan Creed to the list below). It sounds like it was taken from an Orthodox source to begin with anyways.
- Direct and continuous organizational descent from the original church founded by Jesus. (Mt 16:18).
- Belief that the Eucharist is really, truly, and objectively the Body and Blood of Christ, through the Real Presence.
- Possession of the "threefold ordained ministry" of Bishops, Priests and Deacons.
- All ministers are ordained by, and subject to, Bishops, who pass down sacramental authority by the "laying-on of hands", having themselves been ordained in a direct line of succession from the Apostles.
- Belief that the Church is the vessel and deposit of the fullness of the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles from which the Scriptures were formed. This teaching is preserved in both written Scripture and in unwritten Tradition, neither being independent of the other.
- A belief in the necessity of sacraments.
- The use of sacred images, candles, vestments and music, and often incense and water, in worship.
- Veneration of Mary, the mother of Jesus as the Blessed Virgin Mary or Theotokos, and veneration of the saints. (Catholics do not worship Mary, as is often claimed by anti-Catholics.)
- The use of prayer for the dead.
- Requests to the departed saints for intercessory prayers.
- Angellight 888 21:17, September 23, 2008 (UTC)
January 1, 2010 changes
I see that the Orthodox Christian Church is now like the Protestants It is a bunch of individual churches that did not come into existence until the eleventh century and that are individual churches The changes of January 1, 2010 need to be reverted to the previous text. Where is the earlier history! Wsk 22:37, January 1, 2010 (UTC)
Agreed. These seem to be the edits of someone promoting a Roman Catholic perspective. To say that the Orthodox Church has apostolic succession does not imply that Catholics do not, and this is an article on the Orthodox Church -- I see no reason to have added that the Catholic Church has apostolic succession. --Fr Lev 02:25, January 2, 2010 (UTC)
Labeling the Church "Catholic" or "Orthodox" is historically anachronistic and dishonest. In short, if you call the Church before the Great Schism the "Orthodox Church," you are bearing false witness because that identity did not develop until after the Schism. I believe there is a commandment regarding bearing false witness, or am I mistaken?--Maximustheconfessor 02:31, January 2, 2010 (UTC)


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Monday, October 20, 2008
I Think I'm Finally Hydrogenated
Well, I'm a solid. We've eaten so richly and naughtily over the last week, that surely we must be hydrogenated by now. We feel as if we should store ourselves as drippings under the sink in a used, rusty can - and just toss ourselves away with the rest of the rubbish.
We tried to make up for it by going for a hike/run on Sunday, yet we were sweating vegetable oil and butter and felt as if our legs were filled with Crisco; it was not at ALL joyous like last week's run. We were yelling the f-word for completely different reasons this week. Oh yes.
The cause of our solidification? Well, some bad-ass chocolate peanut butter bars which I'll never forgive myself for discovering - more on that in a bit. The other offender was a fantastic dinner on Saturday night - bread with fresh pesto (I wanted to drink it!), lobster bisque that was so buttery we almost lost our minds right there, 1 lb. of mussels (practically ate the shells), and main courses of fish and lobster. INSANITY. We were so full when we left, but by the time we got home? SOLIDS. Could not move. Miserable.
And of course - this divine, perfect, and miserable meal was hot on the heels of these godforsaken artery-clogging, cardiologist-funding, drool-inducing, loaves of chocolate-sugar-fat...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
I shouldn't even post these. Listen, if you make these naughties, don't make a full batch because they will HAUNT YOU EVERY MOMENT UNTIL GONE! They're worse than The Blair Witch Project, I swear - haunting little shits. I have a love-hate relationship with some desserts, and this one is definitely on that list. Even worse (or better) is that there is NO baking involved - they are the easiest things EVER - how irritating is that? Totally, if you've spent any fair amount of time baking complicated things that turn out so-so. Hello, Me. So anyhow, if you make these - have plans for them immediately unless you are on a weight-gain diet, then go hog wild.
1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 c. crunchy peanut butter
3 c. powdered sugar, sifter
1 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1 2/3 c. chocolate chips, semi-sweet
Line a 13x9 inch pan with aluminum foil. In a food processor, combine butter, peanut butter, sugar, and crumbs until a ball forms. Press mixture into the pan using a spatula.
Over a double-boiler, melt the chocolate chips. Stir, then spread over peanut butter mixture. Chill in refridgerator for about an hour. Allow to come to room temperature before cutting into squares. Store in refridgerator. Adapted from Paula Deen, who else uses that much butter? ENJOY!
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I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge my accomplishment here.
Sure, I had a comment planned. And sure, it was relevant to the post and probably sarcastic with a splash of vulgarity.
But I'm the first person to comment here. I mean, that means something doesn't it? Doesn't it?
So, instead of commenting on the post, I'm just going to take a minute or two to thank those that made this possible.
First and foremost I'd like to thank myself for being so on top of the ball, that I was able to get here first.
Second, I'd like to thank Twitter for showing Ann's tweet, which made me think, "Hey maybe she posted...".
Third I'd like to thank my employer for giving me such wonderfully fast internet service.
Thank you all.
- October 20, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Nice one Morton!
That meal sounds glorious. But you know, you've demonstrated wonderfully just how flexible the "f-word" really is and how one can apply it to so many different situations. Hence, it's my favorite cusser.
- October 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Well, in regard to Morton's comment above, I guess that makes me the bridesmaid (never the bride)! Damn! I actually think I may have commented first one time, come to think of it.
But, Ann, on to you! you! you! Yes, you probably shouldn't have posted those luscious looking bars to tempt us all, but I think you're onto the misery loves company thing. Don't you find that when it comes to naughty eating that your spouse is worse than no help at all? As in you actually encourage each other. It's almost like an unspoken agreement that no one will say anything, until it's too late, all the food is eaten, and you can't eat anymore. Then it's moan and groan, we shouldn't have done that, but you do all over again the next time. That's how my hubby and I do it, anyway. We're looking a little rounder these days.
Love your post, as usual.
- October 20, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- NV said...
I just gained five pounds READING that, DAMMIT!
I so love chocolate and peanut butter together. Bad deliciousness at its finest.
You may finally have forced me to try out new tools. KITCHEN tools.
- October 20, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Seriously, I love me some booty-fattening dessert! Thank you for posting this. I can't actually eat it, or Fox will totally revoke my contract, but I can DREAM, DAMN IT.
- October 20, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- MonkeyGirl said...
I'm totally hosed on this one. Mr. Monkeygirl totally hates peanut buter and refuses to even look at anything with peanut butter in it. I am so going to have to buy a new pair of pants!
- October 20, 2008 at 7:36 PM
- Ingrid_3Bs said...
Ha! That Morton guy was pretty funny. Not only are YOU hilarious in your wit so are your commentors (?).
Thanks for the recipe! Sounds like a perfect one to bring to the baseball field for a treat for the boys!
I wish I could have been at dinner ....sounded divine!
- October 20, 2008 at 8:15 PM
- flutter said...
a) those are dangerous. I need them.
b) morton needs to read my blog and comment. NOW. ;p
- October 20, 2008 at 11:13 PM
For the first time in my entire life, I now own a scale - Evil Woman!
- October 21, 2008 at 7:07 AM
I think I became a solid just looking at these. And so easy! I could make these with my kids, what a great, quick recipe.
- October 21, 2008 at 8:15 AM
you are a true food blogger honey! love your post, as always - but this one struck a chord within me - i'm hydrogenated too!!
was craving chips today during lunchtime. so i did. i went and got myself a massive plate of it. gosh how i love food. well done on these peanut butter bars! they are looking gooooood xxx
- October 21, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- Real Live Lesbian said...
Graham crackers and peanut butter? I hate that you're already married.
Do we really even need to mold these into a pan? Or can we just stuff balls from the bowl into our mouths with a couple of chocolate chips?
- October 21, 2008 at 8:50 AM
- John D. said...
(translation: daayyyyyyyyummmm, those look good!)
: ))
- October 21, 2008 at 8:53 AM
- YD, sometimes with ♥June and ♥Angel Samantha said...
Oh how I wish I live next door to you...will you move to my house?
- October 21, 2008 at 9:51 AM
Gorgeous blog! I just had to come over and tell you I LOVED your comment about McCain on Dooce.
Perfect. :)
- October 21, 2008 at 12:22 PM
- Ann said...
I'm rolling on the floor here at THE OFFICE - about which they're thrilled - but can I help it?
I swear, I often think the comment-ers here are more entertaining than ANYTHING!!
Morton, you seriously deserve an award for that first post...LOVED IT.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:32 PM
- grace said...
can you even imagine the bliss of a weight-gain diet? my stars.
meanwhile, there's nothing quite like butter coming out one's pores, and it's an experience i like to have at least once a month. :)
- October 21, 2008 at 3:45 PM
- Gigi said...
Holy peanut butter! I mean seriously, how many more miles do I have to add to my running? Another 30? I feel like these bars might be totally worth the pain of running an insane amount miles. Am I right?
- October 21, 2008 at 7:09 PM
- Country Girl said...
Thanks looks and sounds so good. I think I'll have to give them a try!
- October 21, 2008 at 7:37 PM
- hungryandfrozen said...
Ohhhh I know that feeling so well. TOO well :) But you gotta do it occasionally. That slice sounds like a Nigella one - hers didn't have biscuit crumbs in it though. It also sounds like the sort of thing I could eat the whole of...
- October 21, 2008 at 8:12 PM
these are like buckeyes but in a bar form!
- October 21, 2008 at 9:00 PM
- Adam said...
Haha that was great. I'm guessing we could just put you on a shelf, and you'll have a half life of carbon-14 by now :) Oh well, it's a good thing the bars are all gone... wait, they ARE GONE right?
That's nothing a good few runs, and truckloads of broccoli can't fix. If your head stops like SNL "SuperFans" style - DA BEARS - just hit yourself in the chest :)
- October 22, 2008 at 4:44 AM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
My ass is pretty big already, thank you very much. LOL
The bars look irresistible, Ann - I certainly can't have those around me! :)
- October 22, 2008 at 5:57 AM
That comment was pretty funny wasn't it?
Now who wants to sleep with me?
- October 22, 2008 at 9:28 AM
- dharmamama said...
@ Morton - Ummm... your wife? Oh, wait - no, I've read your blog. Never mind.
I actually did happen upon the post when the comment field was pristine, new. I, too, could have claimed "first!", but I abstained, because... I never do that. I thought it was because it seemed silly and kind of presposterous. Now I know it's because I was making way for your superior first-comment skills. Things always work out as they should.
Plus, having read your blog, I realize your need and hunger to be first in anything, having lacked that distinction elsewhere; I'm happy to concede the way.
@Ann - I came late to mussel knowledge. There's an Irish pub here - a real Irish pub, they moved beams, bars and beer all the way from the Emerald Isle - that has *incredible* mussels; I'm so glad I discovered them there! Should you ever make it to Charlotte, you and I will dive into a pot and simmer away with those lovely bivalves. Beer's on me.
- October 22, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Clumbsy Cookie said...
I'm tempted on going on a gain weight diet just to have these. Oh wait, don't I do that allreay? I think you should make a batch of these and send them to Morton!
- October 22, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- RazorFamilyFarms.com said...
Oh yum. Oh bliss. Oh yes.... bring on that fat!
The very words "chocolate and peanut butter" send me into fits of ecstasy and I generally always let out a girly squeal -- the likes of which Sarah Jessica Parker could only dream of doing.
Oh my word. Oh my stinking heck. I want some of those.
- October 23, 2008 at 7:56 AM
- YD, sometimes with ♥June and ♥Angel Samantha said...
Hi Ann, I wanted to let you know that your Wylie and Marcel got a "dog tag" from my girls. Please visit my blog to find out what it's all about.
- October 23, 2008 at 10:11 AM
- MamaGeek @ Works For Us said...
Dude. That bad ass peanut bar winked at me, so I BETTER BE GETTING ONE IN THE MAIL OVERNIGHT.
Daang girl, you are so talented in the kitchen, AND behind the camera.
- October 23, 2008 at 11:52 AM
- Brittany said...
I wish I hadn't clicked over here on an empty stomach.
My tubby was growling by the clam bake menu, and now these bars.
I'm hungry
- October 24, 2008 at 11:28 PM
For all that food, I think it's worth it.
- October 25, 2008 at 6:13 AM
- Sugar Jones said...
I want to know how it feels to be hydrogenated! I'm sure I'll remember the feeling from my fat days after having two babies back to back and a broken leg... but what the heck... these little yummies look too good to be afraid of. Plus, I hike/run every other day. Tbat should sweat the Crisco out sooner rather than later.
- October 25, 2008 at 8:23 AM
- Unknown said...
Sweating crisco...I can't get that image out of my mind. Simply awesome!
- October 26, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- RazorFamilyFarms.com said...
Mmmm... still drooling.
- October 27, 2008 at 11:11 AM
- Patsyk said...
a friend of mine made these not too long ago... and you are right, I couldn't rest until every last bit was eaten because they were so addictive!
- October 27, 2008 at 7:15 PM
I'm afraid if I made these, I would eat the whole batch. They look absolutely perfect!
- October 27, 2008 at 7:19 PM
That´s not fair! I just managed to get sort of my personal "right shape", but now I discovered your blog with those tempting recipes. Damn!
The Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars gonna be my fate..
- October 28, 2008 at 7:03 AM
- Brooke said...
Damn you! Those look tasty. And easy. Now I have to try them. Grrr...
Great photos too!
- October 28, 2008 at 3:03 PM
- Leigh Ann said...
These were SO freakin delicious. And I don't even like peanut butter and chocolate together. I.Could.Not.Stop.Eating.Them.
My mouth thanks you - my hips, well, they can keep their opinion to themselves :)
- September 16, 2009 at 7:29 AM
You have to express more your opinion to attract more readers, because just a video or plain text without any personal approach is not that valuable. But it is just form my point of view
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I read about it some days ago in another blog and the main things that you mention here are very similar
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Veggie Chips
Healthy baked vegetables. You won't even know they are good for you!
- Preheat oven to 350°. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and layer sliced vegetables on sheet, making sure not to overlap.
- Brush vegetables with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 15 minutes, then flip chips and bake for 15 minutes or until crisp and browned. Let cool, then store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
TIP: Serve with your favorite dip or greek yogurt.
Recipe Courtesy of Chef Alyssa,
ALDI Test Kitchen
Calories 160 Total Fat 7g Sodium 650mg Total Carbohydrate 20g Fiber 4g Sugars 7g Protein 3g


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The run is over Gossips. If you could call it that. My Canucks got bounced from the playoffs last night by the same team that bounced them exactly a year ago to the day. And in similar fashion. But I liken what I'm feeling to writing that nasty final exam that stresses you out for weeks leading up to it. You prepare. You get nervous going in. You write it and even if it goes like sh-t, you find yourself more relieved that it's over than worried that it didn't go as well as you hoped. There's always next year. Canuck fans said that 40 times in the past so why not another.
That's the beauty about sport. There's always another opportunity to make things better and those who support you come back to support you again (sometimes blindly). But is it different when you're Tiger Woods? Is it different when you've been so dominant over the course of your career and now you're faltering cause Karma sucks and your head isn't right, and those around you start to walk away?
We all know about Elin no longer being able to stomach being with the man who betrayed her. And the sponsors who stepped away after the story broke. Now Radar online is reporting that Tiger's swing coach Hank Haney has left him because he has "no regard for a person like that." Not a direct quote and the source is not clear, but not hard to believe either.
Personally, I think it might have more to do with the fact that Tiger's balls have been all over the course lately (golf balls, that is) and he probably needs a scapegoat. Mr. Perfect needs to rationalize his poor play by pointing the finger at his mechanics and the man who is supposed to make sure they are sound. The swing coach is an easy target. But I could be wrong. Perhaps Hank is the one who's had enough and can't be around Tiger and his annoying ways. He certainly wouldn't be the first.
Attached: Hank and Tiger during a practice round at the Masters this past April.
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Filed under: Stop climate change | Tags: Bali, Coal Trans, Coral Bleaching, Indonesia
From Greenpeace Making Waves
Jasper, Greenpeace South East Asia climate and energy campaigner, took time out from a coal industry conference in Bali to go coral diving.
Waking up early is always a pain, however, the prospect of going snorkelling in one of Bali's best dive destinations is more than enough reason for me to drag myself out of bed at 5:00 a.m. Our destination is Menjangan Island, part of the Bali Barat National Park and Marine Reserve. Also known as 'Deer Island', it is home to one of Bali's most popular scuba diving spots. Our mission is to bear witness to the amazing beauty of its coral reefs, which are threatened by massive bleaching due to sea temperature rise.
Following a bone-shaking 3-hour ride we arrive at the beach resort to catch the boat to Menjangan Island. With us is Professor Iyingketut Sudiarta of Warmadewa University in Denpasar, a marine biologist who has been studying Menjangan Island's coral reefs. Our party boards two glass-bottomed boats, which afford us excellent, otherworldly views of the underwater world. We first head north east to check the area just outside the marine reserve. Our mood soon changes to one of depression and desolation as we find evidence of the appalling impacts this coral reef ecosystem has suffered. Professor Sudiarta tells us that reefs in the marine reserve suffered massive coral bleaching from the record high sea temperatures of the 1998 El Nino which hit 75-100% of the coral cover.
We then head west to Menjangan Island, looking forward to a less depressing sight and some snorkelling. The island's dive sites boast great visibility, unspoilt coral, and abundant marine life. Through the glass bottom of the boat, we immediately notice the difference in the coral within the protected area. It is stunning and full of life with many different species of colourful fish everywhere, in stark contrast to the desolate reefs that we visited earlier. The dive sites contain 30 – 60 metre high walls of coral, with a fantastic array of soft and hard coral cover. From a depth of about 5 metres you can already find caverns and overhangs covered with soft corals and sponges.
I grab a set of diving skins for a closer look. A pair of brightly coloured Fusilier fish greet me as I swim towards the wall, while a Triggerfish eyes me warily. I begin to explore the crevasses hoping to spot a moray eel while enjoying the colourful garden formed by the massive, branching hard corals. The underwater world has never failed to amaze me and this dive spot ranks high on my list. However, the threat of massive coral bleaching and the desolate picture of the reefs we visited earlier lies heavily on my mind even as I enjoy the amazing sights of the healthy coral.
On the other side of the island, the coal industry is gathering for one of its regular Coal Trans meetings where business expansion is plotted and the discussion is all about profits, profits, profits with little regard for the environment, in particular climate change. The coal industry is responsible for about two-thirds of the world's carbon dioxide emissions in the electricity sector and is the biggest climate change pollutant among fossil fuels.
It is even much more depressing to think that with the prediction of a more frequent El Nino and the subsequent massive bleaching, the Bali Barat National Park marine reserve and similar reserves around the globe stand little chance of survival if the coal industry does not stop its criminal ways. While the coal industry parties, the corals and our reefs are heading for a certain death. Join the energy revolution today.
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From OMG! to O-your-G!: As millennials divorce church and state, elders seek Marriage Wars 2.0
So Lifeway Research, a Christian polling and data outfit, released a new report that says 61% percent of those Americans born between 1980-1991 are either somewhat or strongly accepting of same-sex marriage. Which even sounds low to us, knowing what we know about this generation. But again: Lifeway is a conservative evangelical firm, so -- yea.
Okay, so in this data, Lifeway also reported this finding:
"Two-thirds of those with no religious preference agree strongly there is nothing wrong with same-sex marriage, while only 1 in 7 of those who say they trust Christ as Savior agree strongly. Further, 46 percent of those who say they trust Christ as Savior strongly disagree and in fact find fault with marriage between members of the same gender." [SOURCE]
Not a big surprise. While there are welcome exceptions, we pro-LGBT peeps know that the evangelical church is still our most reliably consistent well of opposition. Kids who are brought up in the church are typically injected with fear about LGBT people from the moment they start putting two Barbies together in one dream house. Anti-gay indoctrination is the all-too-reliable order of the evangelical day.
But the good thing about that: We LGBT activists and lawyers and varied equality voices are talking about CIVIL marriage equality. CIVIL. As in disconnected from the church by law. As in a custom where the religious ceremonial component is fully optional, but the CIVIL marriage license is a requirement (at least if the couple wants the state/fed. rights and benefits). Civil marriage, as in the institution that all heterosexual Americans experience now, with churches free to make whatever decisions they want in regards to the couples they will and will not marry or solemnize or recognize or chicken dance-erize. So in a perfect world, the above passage about evangelicals' personal faith-based feelings should not even come into play into the civil marriage conversation. Those feelings are for their own family, in terms of what weddings they will or won't attend and what gift registries they will and won't acknowledge, and their own church membership bodies, in terms of what weddings they will accommodate. We *FULLY* respect their right to make these decisions.
Unfortunately, the evangelical opposition is not willing to afford us the same respect. Here is Lifeway president Thom Ranier talking to Focus on the Family:
"It will be a critical issue for churches – soon to be led by Millennials – to establish their biblical positions on the issue of same-sex relationships," he said. "If it is to find relevance with Millennials, the church must be willing to deal directly with the issue of same-sex attraction and relationships. The church must voice a clear, biblical ethic of sexuality." [SOURCE]
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! Here we have research that shows milliennials are more supportive of gay people's civil rights than any generation to come before (and again, we think the Lifeway data is still low). We also see, unsurprisingly, that evangelical Christians are one of the biggest sticking points (the survey also cites Men, African-Americans, and Southerners as greater resisters). But the man whose firm conducted this survey responds by saying that more church-infused opinion is the answer? That more condemnation of same-sex relationships is the way we handle gay people's placement within civil society? That more church injection into American politics is the answer, even while similar studies show that millennials are increasingly turned off by the church, with anti-gay attitudes cited as a reason why?
Just NO! What modern-day "culture warriors" like Mr. Ranier and Focus on the Family need/must do is realize/admit that their overwrought attempt to control civil law with personal faith is something that has wounded modern American politics/government! The Falwell era? Well, it may have Fared-well for a spell, but it ultimately FAILed-well too. It divided us deeply. The hand was overplayed, with the overreaching both exposing the inadequacies of the evangelicals' argument against LGBT people's rights, as well as raising questions among increasingly inquisitive younger generations about why, exactly, the church feels like it has any kind of right to set public policy in such a way. It is past time for the religious right to admit these mistakes, learn from these missteps, and move on to a more tenable position. A position that absolutely utilizes their own religious freedom to shout their anti-LGBT biblical interpretations with a ferocity, a right that we would theoretically join them in court in defending. But it's also a position that must stop acting as if all Americans, by virtue of birth, chose one of two options: (1) To willfully join their national church, or (2) sit quietly and doodle on the church bulletin while the national sermon shapes the constitution. Just like choir director Barbara Jean's reliably inedible covered dishes, this sort of forced national church fellowship is primed to spoil even before a young chuch-goer can complete the question, "aren't their homeless and hungry people who could use our time, energy, and funding?"


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Cue internet explosion. In a "holy shit" piece of news, Disney has purchased George Lucas' Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, and has earmarked a 2015 release date for Star Wars: Episode VII. Yes, you read that right. Not only will Disney be in command of the Star Wars empire, but a seventh entry in one of the most popular franchise of all time is in the works and set for release the same year as The Avengers 2 and Justice League.
I'm still in a fair amount of shock here, but with this move Disney has solidified its plans to take over the world as the company now houses Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm. The new was announced by both companies, so this is no hoax. Hit the jump for more. [Update: We've updated the article with more information on the acquisition and the future of the franchise.]
Click here to watch a video in which Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy talk about why they made the deal with Disney and the future of the franchise going forward.
Click here to read our editorial regarding who should direct the new Star Wars films.
Click here to watch Lucas and Disney CEO Bob Iger discuss the acquisition.
The announcement was made by Disney, whose release includes the following statement from George Lucas:
"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next," said George Lucas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm, in a statement. "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I'm confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come. Disney's reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment, and consumer products."
We recently learned that Kathleen Kennedy, longtime producing partner of Steven Spileberg, had been chosen as the new co-chair of Lucasfilm. She will now become the studio's president under the new deal, answering directly to Disney chair Alan Horn.
As for that new Star Wars film, Lucas will remain onboard as a "creative consultant" while Kathleen Kennedy wil serve as executive producer on Star Wars Episode 7 and future Star Wars movies. The release of Episode 7 in 2015 will kick off a new trilogy that Lucasfilm already has mapped out.
For all intents and purposes, though, this is a clear sign that Lucas is letting go of the beloved franchise. He stated earlier this year that he was looking to move away from Lucasfilm in order to make "experimental movies" in his garage, so this move isn't exactly a shock. Disney has had a strong relationship with the company since Star Tours opened in Disneyland years ago, and the studio's relationship with Spielberg/Kennedy likely gave Lucas reassurance that his franchise would be in good hands.
We all knew that further Star Wars films would be made someday, be it with a reboot, remake, or proper sequel. Disney has handled Marvel quite well, so hopefully they can do the same with the Star Wars series. A few entanglements will still have to be worked out, as 20th Century Fox is still set to distribute the 3D re-releases of Lucas' Star Wars films over the next few years. The television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars is also owned by a Disney competitor, Turner Broadcasting, so it remains to be seen how these extensions of the franchise will be sorted out.
Update: A conference call with shareholders just ended, in which a few more details of the deal were revealed:
- Star Wars: Episode 7 will be the beginning of a new trilogy that has been mapped out.
- The treatment for Episode 7 is already completed, on which Lucas consulted.
- Episodes 8 and 9 will be released approximately every other year following 2015, so expect the sequels in 2017 and 2019.
- 20th Century Fox will not be involved with these future releases.
- Disney "really likes" the potential of expanding Star Wars into television on their Disney XD channel, so expect more than a few new animated series.
- The studio's concentration is on the Star Wars franchise, so as of now there are no plans to toy with Indiana Jones. The reason being that those films are tied up in some legal shambles with Paramount, who distributed the films. Indiana Jones was not part of the valuation of Lucasfilm when Disney was eyeing the acquisition.
- Disney plans to leave Lucasfilm's visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) "as it is."


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HeeKap Lee, Ph.D., is an associate professor of teacher education at Azusa Pacific University. He has had ample experiences teaching higher education in various states, such as Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and California. He has published many articles and has been invited to speak at multiple national and international seminars (located at China, Korea, and Thailand) on many occasions, lecturing on topics such as teachers' disposition, multicultural education, educational technology, curriculum development, training evaluation and assessment, Christian education, and school change. He served as the editor for Teaching with Compassion, Competence, Commitment, a Christian teacher education journal, from 2006 to 2009 and is now serving as a book review editor of the ICCTE journal. His writing and research is mainly focused on developing effective teaching/learning methods in a faith-based education setting. His book, Faith-based Education that Constructs' was published in August 2010 under the WIPF and Stock imprint. In the same year, another work, Why does a well-planned innovation fail? The importance of concern analysis was published by VDM Verlag DR. Muller GmbH & Co., in Germany.
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Attached is the Learning Site Agreement Status List, current to to 3/3/14, which lists agencies that are approved learning sites (and those in process for approval) for students from Service Learning and Academic Internship courses. This list is for faculty use (it's not designed to be distributed to students).
Faculty are welcome to contact Stacy Becker for the current list (or questions on whether a program/agency is approved or nested under an umbrella agency) anytime, as this list changes daily. Risk Management requirements and forms for Service Learning and Academic Internship courses are available on our website at http://www.humboldt.edu/cslai/. Annie Bolick-Floss and Stacy Becker are available to answer any questions.
Stacy Becker, Community Partner Coordinator
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Like other parts of the developing world, Africa still has many barriers that block investment — tangling entrepreneurs in red tape, keeping them from creating jobs. Removing them one by one is an essential step on the road to stronger private sector development.
This is a core focus area for IFC. Working in close collaboration with the World Bank and our donor partners, we help African governments enact pro-business reforms that foster open and competitive markets, clearing a path for the growth of healthier, more vibrant local business communities.
Our ongoing support helps Africa's reform leaders build on their good progress to date, while also igniting the process in those that have so far lagged behind.
This support is driven by three broad strategic priorities:
- Fostering enterprise creation and growth by reducing barriers to business entry, expansion, and exit
- Facilitating international trade and investment by improving trade logistics systems, investment policies and regulations, and supporting more effective and transparent business taxation mechanisms
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Building your retirement nest egg can be a stressful balancing act. On one hand, you need your portfolio's growth to be aggressive enough so you have enough to retire when you choose. On the other hand, the fastest-growing investments are generally the riskiest, and you don't want to be left destitute by an unexpected market tumble. No single mix of investments is right for everyone. What defines "balanced" for you depends on a number of factors, including your age and your tolerance for losing some of that hard-earned cash.
Adjust your portfolio holdings based on your age and your current assets. The classic balanced portfolio model suggests putting 60 percent of your savings in stocks, 30 percent in bonds and holding 10 percent in cash. If you're younger, you can push your stock holdings a little higher. The same advice goes if you have a large existing portfolio. On the other hand, people age 50 and over should scale back their stock holdings to about 50 percent, since they have less room for loss as they near retirement.
Calculate your expected sources of retirement income, other than what you'll get from your investments. Knowing this number helps you determine how much you'll need to lean on personal savings during your golden years. If it turns out you need high growth to get the standard of living you want, you may find yourself more tolerant of investment risk. Add up the value of your pension, your home, Social Security payments and anticipated part-time income.
Calculate your anticipated retirement allowance, based on the growth you can expect from your holdings. If you're not sure how to calculate what stocks, mutual funds and other non-fixed income investments will earn, use past growth reports to arrive at accurate estimates. Add your savings to your other expected retirement income sources, then divide by the number of years you expect to be retired.
Reallocate your portfolio funds based on your risk tolerance. If the annual allowance you calculated doesn't look like enough for you, you have two options: invest more aggressively, shifting more of your savings to stocks, or save a higher percentage of your income each year. A third option, of course, would be a combination of these strategies. If you're mid-career and wary of stocks, you can get away with holding only 50 percent of your portfolio in stock if you put more of your paycheck into savings -- 20 to 30 percent, depending on your income and savings goals.
Invest your money wisely by choosing relatively low-risk forms of each investment type for your portfolio. To mitigate risk from holding bonds, stick with investments with maturities of three years or less, and choose reliable bonds unlikely to default, such as U.S. Treasuries or reputable corporate bonds. Pick stocks that pay out dividends, since these investments tend to be less volatile.
Evaluate your retirement portfolio's fund distribution at least once annually, and make adjustments as you age or as your goals change. Scale back your stock holdings as you near retirement, and consider using a portion of your savings to buy a life annuity, which will guarantee you a specific income for the rest of your retirement years.
Targeted maturity funds determine a mix of investments for you based on your income and target retirement date. If you choose to invest in one, don't just buy and forget. Some of these funds go against conventional retirement savings wisdom, lowering your stock holdings to 20 percent in later years. In an article for MSN Money, writer Liz Pulliam Weston says that experts generally recommend keeping 50 percent of your savings in stocks, even as you get older.
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"Afghanistan needs troops--but it needs troops of doctors, troops of teachers, troops of Peace Corps volunteers, and troops of farmers to go and replant the fruit orchards."
--Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of Global Fund for Women
Dear Virginia,
We danced the "Yes We Can-Can" on Inauguration day as we applauded President Obama's promises to take our nation in a new direction. With his recent announcement of an additional 17,000 troops to be deployed to Afghanistan, we see change come to a screeching halt and a dangerous continuation of the same failed US policies of the Bush era blaze forward. Just as in Iraq, misplaced hope in military solutions is pushing peaceful strategies to the back seat. Take action and help President Obama do the right thing- we need an escalation in peaceful alternatives, not military force!
Call 202-456-1111 today! Tell the Administration that we want:
1) Reduction of troop levels in Afghanistan
2) Rapid withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq
3) A commitment to diplomacy involving all major regional players, including major international peace-keeping bodies
4) Addressing the real needs of Afghans by funding development assistance for Afghanistan's basic human needs - health-care, clean water, education, security, rights for women and girls-, through Afghan NGOs, using local labor and services
Take a tip from Senator Feingold and ask the tough questions: "We need to ask: After seven years of war, will more troops help us achieve our strategic goals in Afghanistan? Is there a danger that a heavier military footprint will further alienate the population, and, if so, what are the alternatives?" Even Obama's advisors say the war in Afghanistan "cannot be won on the battlefield." Over 2/3 of Americans oppose the deployments, and a majority of Europeans want their troops home- leaders of Spain, France and Germany have refused to send any additional forces!
It is said that the definition of insanity is to repeat the same action but to expect a different result. President Obama is a deeply intelligent man, but it is crazy for him to stay on Bush's crash course of empire building, and all the devastation and loss of life it leaves in its wake. We can help Obama find the road to peace and make sure he keeps his promises!
Yes we can end war,
Audrey, Dana, Deidra, Desiree, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jean, Jodie, Liz, Lori, Medea, Nancy, Paris, and Rae
More troops only means more violence, more suffering, more killing of innocents, and more recruits for the Taliban. Instead of a surge, President Obama must take bold and compassionate action to address the Afghan's real need for health care, clean water and education, instead of continuing to cripple Afghanistan with more years of war. Call on Obama to fulfill his promise for peace and change! Call (202)456-1111 TODAY!
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